Prefecture of Japan
Kyoto
京都府Kyoto is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 4,610 km² (1,780 mi²), the 30th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 90% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago. About 2.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 4,610 km²1,780 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,610 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.2%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 30th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 556 people per km² |
| Capital | Kyoto |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-26 |
What the numbers say about Kyoto
- Kyoto covers 1.2% of the area of Japan and ranks 13th of 47 by population, against 30th by area.
- It would take 81.0 prefectures the size of Kyoto to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 17.1× the size of Kyoto; the smallest, Kagawa, is 40% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Yamanashi (4,510 km², 1.02×) and Wakayama (4,430 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Kyoto would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 2.6 million people it would rank 143rd of 238 by population.
- Kyoto has 556 people per km², about the density of the Comoros, which has 540 per km².
- That makes Kyoto the 10th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 1.64× the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Kyoto looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Kyoto stretches about 120 km north to south and 107 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,610 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaShanghai68% · 6,750 km²PeopleTibet70% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaDelaware89% · 5,170 km²PeopleKansas87% · 2.9 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.35× · 3,420 km²PeopleManipur90% · 2.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.74× · 2,650 km²PeopleBrandenburg1.01× · 2.5 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.79× · 2,580 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire0.99× · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise1.02× · 4,530 km²PeopleCalabria1.32× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands0.90× · 5,120 km²PeopleGalicia0.95× · 2.7 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District80% · 5,790 km²PeopleMato Grosso do Sul0.93× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island80% · 5,730 km²PeopleAlberta60% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.96× · 2,350 km²PeopleWestern Australia85% · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaMorelos0.91× · 5,080 km²PeopleSan Luis Potosí0.94× · 2.7 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaPrachinburi1.00× · 4,620 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima0.97× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Kyoto sits in Japan
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021. Japan’s units share the 2021 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12